2 March 2016
More than 10,000 refugees are stranded in the camp at Idomeni waiting to be let through by Greece into Macedonia. The number is increasing daily, from 1,000 to 2,000 refugees. The closed gate on the Macedonian side has not discouraged refugees, who arrive in large numbers daily from the Greek islands, and from there make […]
1 March 2016
“Your country fired tear gas on many people, many of them were children. Now I’m just wandering, is that why you went into politics for?” Provocatively asked the BBC journalist from Newsnight to Nikola Poposki, the Foreign Minister to Macedonia. “I don’t think this is a fair judgment”, replied Poposki. According to the Foreign Minister, […]
1 March 2016
The President of the European Council President Donald Tusk, arrives in Skopje tomorrow to meet with President Gjorge Ivanov, where they shall discuss the refugee crisis. The visit is part of Tusk’s short-tour, from March 1st -3rd, he will travel to Vienna, Ljubljana, Zagreb, Skopje and Athens to continue building a European consensus on addressing the migrant […]
1 March 2016
At the border today, near Gevgelija has been “hermetically” closed to refugees and railway traffic. Today, the refugees who are stranded at Idomemni, on the Greek side of the border, protested peacefully and demanded that they open the borders. At this shelter, there are 7,000-9,000 refugees from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. The area already resembles […]
29 February 2016
After the incident where refugees in protest began to throw stones and broke through part of the wired fence on the Greek – Macedonian border, thousands of men, women and children have been sitting on the railway line this afternoon and continued their protest and demands that the Macedonian police let them through so they […]
29 February 2016
Tensions are at a high at Idomeni after refugees broke through the barriers in protest to get through to the Macedonian side. Desperate after waiting for days, the refugees began to throw stones at the fence and the police. The police force from the Macedonian side responded with tear gas to try to disperse the […]
28 February 2016
At the moment, all across Greece, 20,000 – 25,000 refugees have been stranded in the country. The figure is expected to rise which was released by the Minister for Migration Yiannis Muzalas in an interview with the Greek television “Mega” where he stated that he expected the numbers to rise, as every day thousands of […]
25 February 2016
The Steering Committee, who have the highest authority regarding the refugee crisis, at a closed session last night came to a decision regarding the numbers of refugees in Macedonia. They have decided, to let the same amount of refugees in at the border-crossing Bogorodica, and to let the same amount of refugees out at the border-crossing […]
15 February 2016
The Army of the Republic of Macedonia (ARM) is willing to accept the increased number of foreign nationals, and at present there is no need to increase the number of troops on the Southern border. This was stated by Minister of Defence Zoran Jolevski, yesterday at the opening of the Advanced School of NATO, “Dealing with […]
14 February 2016
Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders today in Skopje will meet with the Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki and the President of Macedonia, Gjorge Ivanov. The Foreign Ministry announced that the main topic of discussion will be dealing with the migrant crisis, the Dutch Presidency of the EU Council, the European integration of Macedonia and the […]
12 February 2016
The Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders will visit Macedonia and Greece on Sunday, the Dutch Embassy has announced. Holland currently holds the rotating European Union Presidency. Meetings with the Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov and the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, will focus on the refugee crisis and opportunities for better cooperation between countries on the western […]
12 February 2016
In the coming weeks, Austria will reach its limit for taking refugees for the year (37,500) and will close the border said Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said at a joint press conference with Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki. “Austria is a member of the three countries along with Germany and Sweden, who take in the […]
10 February 2016
Around 250 buses and taxi drivers from Gevgelija at noon began a two-hour blockade at the border crossing point. They want to be involved in the transport of migrants after the recent deal they made with authorities. Besides blocking traffic in both directions at the border crossing, for an hour they also obstructed access to […]
10 February 2016
Macedonia will fulfil its obligations in accordance with international law and will provide accommodation for all asylum seekers based in the country, but we will not allow ourselves to be turned into a refugee camp, said Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki after the meeting with Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic,Lubomír Zaorálek . […]
8 February 2016
Setting up an additional wired fence at quota 59 at the Macedonian-Greek border, for protection against migrants illegally crossing, apparently is the first phase of the implementation of the agreement between Macedonia and the European countries to help control the refugee crisis in the wake of the influx of people expected to arrive in the Spring. […]
8 February 2016
Another line of wired fence is being raised on the southern border by the Army of Macedonia to strengthen security along the border in the wake of the crackdown on leaks of refugees in to Europe. The network of wires is being set up intensively left and right of quota 59. ARM at the end […]
7 February 2016
The Ministry of Interior has denied reports that yesterday there was a clash between police officers who were providing security at the railway and taxi drivers protesting in Gevgelija. The Ministry of Interior said that one of the taxi drivers fell ill, but not because force was used against him, but because he had a […]
7 February 2016
The name dispute is an absurd dispute, and Macedonia has no territorial claims in Greece and does not ask for the exclusive use of the term Macedonia, said the VMRO-DPMNE leader Nikola Gruevski in an interview with the Greek newspaper “To Vima”. In the interview, Gruevski says he wants good cooperation with Greece and wants to […]
6 February 2016
Tensions grow in Gevgelija after two taxi drivers were injured after they had put up a blockade on the railroad tracks, reported Nova TV. Taxi drivers have become increasingly angry because the Macedonian Railway as well as the institutions violated the terms of their agreement, and are again transporting refugees through the day. According to information […]
6 February 2016
In the last day and night, 3.256 foreign nationals were granted certificates for ‘expressed intention to seek asylum’. Out of the total 3.256, 1.126 are male, 766 are female and 1,364 are children accompanied by an adult with a certificate. The MOI reports that, 1.516 of the migrants are citizens from Syria, 904 are citizens from Iraq, […]
